Should it Only be Drinking Water in Your Sports Water
Bottle?
The water craze hit the U.S. around ten years ago, and
sports water bottles are as ubiquitous as the 1950’s fedora
once was.
In fact, you have to wonder if the fact that
Americans are drinking from water bottles at their desks, in
their cars, at their homes and at the gym has anything to do
with the recent onset of bladder-control related products on
television.
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Still, water is a good thing, and there’s no substitute for it particularly when
you’re exercising. The experts
say we should be drinking eight, 8-ounce glasses of
water a day, and more if we’re exercising to make
up for fluids lost in sweat. The feeling of thirst actually
occurs after the body is already dehydrated, so it is
not something to ignore. So drink up!
The drinking water market has recently expanded to include
caffeinated water: since caffeine is a diuretic, the
health effects of such a drink are useless. You can
drink Gatorade or other sports drinks, but mostly they
are water with added salt and minerals: unless you’re
training for the Olympics, you probably don’t need them.
As for coffee, tea, juice and soda, between the caffeine
and the sugar, you’re doing more harm than good to that
miraculous machine we like to call the body.
Go into your workout fully hydrated, and you’ll be more
invigorated than you will is you’re thirsty. Exercise is
easier when there’s plenty of water in your system. If
your workout is a sweaty affair, bring along a sports water bottle
to sip from in between sets, and make sure to have an extra
glass of water after you leave the gym. |
